John Riesland
Citing the addition of several new board members elected to the Weston County School District No. 1 board of trustees in recent years, the board’s attorney, Allison Gee, of Lubnau Law in Gillette, provided some legal training to the board on Feb. 9.
After presenting her background to the board,...
John Riesland, chairman of the Weston County School District No. 1 board of trustees, apologized on Jan. 25 for kicking people off the Zoom option for the board’s meeting and requiring those in attendance to sign-in during the board’s Jan. 11 meeting.
As previously reported in the Jan. 19 story...
Chairman and board clash over public comment at first meeting of 2023
John Riesland, the recently elected chairman of the Weston County School District No. 1 board of trustees, laid down the law during the board’s first meeting of 2023. The longtime board member presented a list of rules and...
The first meeting of the new school board, which now features three new members and a new (old) chairman. It is at this meeting that a new member is chosen to fulfill the unexpired term of long-time board members Ron Mills.
Weston County School District No. 1 will not, at this time, join the Wyoming Education Association’s lawsuit claiming that the State Legislature has failed to adequately fund K-12 education, according to a recent conversation during the Sept. 7 board of trustee meeting.
The board decided to take...
Hannah Gross
NLJ Correspondent
Newcastle native John Riesland was appointed to the eight-member board of directors for Powder River Energy Foundation in January to serve a three-year term as the Weston County representative, filling the vacancy left when Kathleen Tavegie passed away. ...
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